dialogue

plural dialogues · alternative US dialog

1. countableuncountableA conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.

   Start up a dialogue

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   Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.

   Guido and Francesca exchanged looks; for the attention with which both had listened had enabled them to comprehend with tolerable accuracy the preceding dialogue.

   1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 200

   The hours of dialogue with Winfrey, which culminated in a choked-up moment on Friday night as he discussed the impact of his cheating on his family, appear to have failed to give Armstrong the redemption that he craves.

   2013 January 19, Paul Harris, The Guardian

2. countableuncountableauthorshipIn a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.

   The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.

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   In 1936, Anstey had co-directed Housing Problems, which featured direct dialogue recording - allowing the subjects of the film to speak for themselves. As Anstey said: "At the time nobody had done it, and we gave slum dwellers a chance to make their own films."

   2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 42

3. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

   A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.

4. countableuncountableartThe relationship between two texts or artworks interpreted as responding to each other (regardless of whether this is actually possible).

   Additionally, juxtaposition introduces the potential for a multivocal approach to academic writing, with juxtaposed texts in dialogue with one another, thus enabling linguistic and modal variety (Lillis, 2011).

   2015 November 4, Theresa Lillis, Kathy Harrington, Working with Academic Literacies: Case Studies Towards Transformative Practice, Parlor Press LLC, →ISBN, page 321

5. countablenonstandarduncountablecomputingNonstandard form of dialog (“dialog box”).

   Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.

present singular third person dialogues · participle present dialoguing · participle past dialogued · past dialogued · alternative US dialog

1. informalbusinessTo discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

   Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.

2. transitiveTo put into dialogue form.
3. obsoleteTo take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

   Dost [thou] dialogue with thy shadow?

   c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page [55]